United States

• 1892 Charlie Reilly is baseball's first pinch hitter

• 1983 Harold Washington sworn in as Chicago's first black mayor

Minnesota

• The morel became Minnesota’s state mushroom in 1984.

• Minnesota’s lowest point is the surface of Lake Superior at 602 feet above sea level.

Benton County

• Foley became the permanent county seat after the 1901 relocation vote.

• Another influenza outbreak hit Benton County in early 1919.

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